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Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 97% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 298
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 3h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 96% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
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Based on all 303 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 2.3h for positive, 1.6h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (96.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (14)
- Test Task Hack the first vault 100%
- Beginner Electrician Replace the fuses 91%
- Screwdriver Find the screwdriver 85%
- Batteries Find the batteries 75%
- Additional Data Find the data floppy disk 74%
- Holographic Scanner Find the holographic device 69%
- Something is wrong here Open the hidden hatch 68%
- Job completed! Restore the biomatrix 66%
- Researcher Open the secret passage 66%
- Savior Complete the game 65%
- Beginner Chemist Successfully synthesize the substance 65%
- Contract Termination Die from gas poisoning 60%
- Safe Cracker Open all safes 60%
- Accident Die from a fall 54%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-22.